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Journal Article

Using Generalized Additive Modeling to Empirically Identify Thresholds Within the ITERS in Relation to Toddler's Cognitive Development

Research linking high-quality child care programs and children's cognitive development has contributed to the growing popularity of child care quality benchmarking efforts such as quality rating and improvement systems (QRIS).

Apr 1, 2013
Journal Article

Toddlers' Sleep and Future Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Secure parent-child relationships can affect children's self-regulation, including the ability to “self-soothe” at bedtime. Sleep, in turn, may serve as a pathway linking attachment security with future emotional and behavioral problems in children.

Feb 1, 2013
Report

How Would Programs Rate Under California’s Proposed Quality Rating and Improvement System?

In 2010, the California Early Learning Quality Improvement System Advisory Committee recommended a structure for a voluntary quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) that could apply to the state's licensed centers and licensed family child care homes. Researchers examined fundamentals of the proposed QRIS rating scheme that could inform California's QRIS design.

May 1, 2012
Report

Incorporating Child Assessments into State Early Childhood Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Including child assessments in the design, implementation, and evaluation of quality rating and improvement systems or other quality improvement efforts could improve practice and raise care quality for early childhood education.

Feb 28, 2012
Report

The Use of Early Care and Education by California Families

Researchers describe child care and early learning arrangements for the approximately 2.8 million California children ages 0 to 5 who are younger than the age at which they would enter kindergarten.

Feb 28, 2012
Research Brief

How Child Assessments Can Help Early Childhood Quality Improvement Efforts

Researchers identify five strategies for incorporating child assessments into the design, implementation, and evaluation of initiatives designed to raise the quality of care in early care and education settings.

Feb 28, 2012
Report

Improving the Professional Development System for California's Early Child Education Workforce

California has taken steps to implement components of a comprehensive professional development system for its early child education workforce. However, further advances are needed and more information is required to identify possible inefficiencies in the current system.

Feb 28, 2012
Research Brief

Professional Development and California's Early Care and Education Workforce

As California seeks to improve the quality of early care and education programs and access to them, a key consideration is the effectiveness of the state's ECE workforce professional development system.

Feb 28, 2012
Journal Article

Meeting Family and Military Needs Through Military Child Care

This article summarizes results from a child care survey of military families conducted by the RAND Corporation in 2004 and draws policy implications for the military child care system.

Jan 1, 2009
Research Brief

Need for High-Quality Child Care Affects Military Readiness and Retention

This research brief presents focus group and survey results that point to several options for improving the Department of Defense's approach to addressing the child-care needs of military families.

Feb 2, 2007
Journal Article

Crecimiento En Peso Y Longitud De Los Ninos Menores De Dos Anos Atendidos En El IMSS =: [Growth in weight and height in children less than two years old in the IMSS]

Children's growth at age 2 at the IMSS shows a curve that is lower than that of the reference population recommended by the WHO as an int'l standard.

Jan 1, 2007
Report

The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey

This paper describes the development and implementation of the multilevel sample design for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS).

Jan 1, 2006
Report

Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice

Employment of New Mothers and Child Care Choice

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Continuity of Primary Care Clinician in Early Childhood

Only half of young children in the United States are reported to have a specific clinician for well-child care.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Overview of the Content of Health Supervision for Young Children: Reports from Parents and Pediatricians

Parents and pediatricians report high rates of discussion on many topics that are critical to healthy development in the first years of life.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Routine Assessment of Family and Community Health Risks: Parent Views and What They Receive

Examine the prevalence of parent-provider discussions of family and community health risks during well-child visits and the gaps between which issues are discussed and which issues parents would like to discuss.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

WIC Eligibility and Participation

The authors examine WIC eligibility and participation using the CPS, the SIPP, and state-level administrative data.

Jan 1, 2003
Report

Examining the Cost of Military Child Care

This book presents estimates of the cost of providing care in DoD-operated Child Development Centers(CDCs), Family Child Care (FCC) homes, and centers operated by outside providers under contract to the DoD.

Apr 29, 2002
Journal Article

Access to Health Care for Young Children in the United States

In this analysis, which focuses specifically on children from birth to age 3, the authors attempt to build on previous studies by examining the role of race and ethnicity, income, and insurance status in determining access to care using new national data on access to a broad range of health and developmental services.

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Resources Devoted to Child Development by Families and Society

Documents the allocation of resources to child development made by parents, government, and others during this critical period of development.

Jan 1, 2002

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